Cottage Cheese...

tracefan
tracefan Posts: 382 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My whole life this stuff just grosses me out. HOWEVER, I was determined to get over it. Don't ask. Anyway. So many people tell me it's good to fill up on and snack etc. I decided to buy the breakstones cottage cheese doubles raspberry. I actually thought I'd be gagging.

In all honesty.. I loved it. I felt like I was eating rice pudding. HOOOOO RAY I don't think plain CC will work but I can do the 100 cal CC doubles. Going to buy more.
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  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,736 Member
    Good for you!

    I like to mix in protein powder or cinnamon/splenda/vanilla flavoring or pb2.

  • Talan79
    Talan79 Posts: 782 Member
    I like the brand Lucerne, 1%, no salt added. I eat it daily.
  • Lo0BLu
    Lo0BLu Posts: 84 Member
    i love cottage cheese but i bought some from Sainsbury's (UK superstore) and it is a disgusting, gloopy, creamy, goo. Thank god you didn't buy that one. BLEURGH
  • Bella0531
    Bella0531 Posts: 309 Member
    I was the same way! Growing up I hated the stuff but after looking at the macros, I decided to give it a try again. I can't say I love it yet, but I can tolerate the one with chives. I can't do the sweet ones, but the savory are good and good for you!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited January 2016
    Cottage cheese is the only dairy product for which I find no degradation in flavor when it's fat-free. Now that I'm working to reduce saturated fats, I'm using more fat-free cottage cheese.

    Oh, for some strange reason, I don't like the brands of organic cottage cheese I've tried, which I find too sour or something. I use Cabot.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I love Breakstone. It's a little more expensive than I would like, but my HEB carries a tasty new brand called Bison. It costs the same as store brand. To be honest, as long as it's not Daisy, I'm perfectly content.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I love it, but to me it's a savory food, and mixing it with sweet things is unappealing to me. (And I love it plain.)

    That said, happy for you that you found something that works for you!
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,736 Member
    Talan79 wrote: »
    I like the brand Lucerne, 1%, no salt added. I eat it daily.

    That's the one I buy too. I'm not sure I'd be eating as much of it if I had to buy the higher sodium versions. It's a good price too! :)
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    ick. I've tried to like it. Honestly. I just can't. No. Nope. The only way I'll eat it is in Lasagna. :)
  • Somebody_Loved
    Somebody_Loved Posts: 498 Member
    I love it. For lunch I'll toast an English muffin, top it with tomato and onion and then put cottage cheese over it. Filling, delicious and easy on the calories.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,211 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I love it, but to me it's a savory food, and mixing it with sweet things is unappealing to me. (And I love it plain.)

    That said, happy for you that you found something that works for you!

    Same here, I eat it every morning for breakfast, mixed with flavoured tuna, but the idea of mixing it with sweet weirds me out. Which is kind of silly, because I love cheesecake...
  • jandw122912
    jandw122912 Posts: 66 Member
    edited January 2016
    I have ate cottage cheese my whole life! But I will only eat Breakstone brand and it has to be plain... No fruit for me!
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    Kudos to you for trying something new :)
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Actually gagged while reading this post. Good job for getting over that, OP!
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    ASKyle wrote: »
    Actually gagged while reading this post. Good job for getting over that, OP!

    Ha ha. Trust me I get it. Lol
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    tracefan wrote: »
    In all honesty.. I loved it. I felt like I was eating rice pudding. HOOOOO RAY

    But..but...what if I hate rice pudding too??

    Good for you for learning to eat something you previously gagged on. Me, I have to leave the room when my husband eats cottage cheese. (However, I will put it into lasagna. No probs there.)

  • motterotter
    motterotter Posts: 701 Member
    By itself i find it Unappealing and way too salty
    Will tolerate it with lasagne
  • Eddie__Jones
    Eddie__Jones Posts: 197 Member
    I mix one cup of fat free cottage cheese with one can of tuna. almost everyday for lunch. 280 calories and 58 grams of protein for about $2.
  • besee_2000
    besee_2000 Posts: 365 Member
    eazy__ wrote: »
    I mix one cup of fat free cottage cheese with one can of tuna. almost everyday for lunch. 280 calories and 58 grams of protein for about $2.
    I do the can of tuna with CC but also pasta sauce. When heated its a great cheesy mess on top of spaghetti squash.

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    eazy__ wrote: »
    I mix one cup of fat free cottage cheese with one can of tuna. almost everyday for lunch. 280 calories and 58 grams of protein for about $2.

    This will be tomorrow's lunch - thanks!
  • distinctlybeautiful
    distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
    Cottage cheese may as well be dessert as much as I love it! I will always think tomato goes best with it.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    See and the thought of putting in Lasagna make me want to gag.. so funny


    Ricotta goes into Lasagna NOT cottage cheese.. lol
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    tracefan wrote: »
    In all honesty.. I loved it. I felt like I was eating rice pudding. HOOOOO RAY

    But..but...what if I hate rice pudding too??

    Good for you for learning to eat something you previously gagged on. Me, I have to leave the room when my husband eats cottage cheese. (However, I will put it into lasagna. No probs there.)

  • jmgj27
    jmgj27 Posts: 531 Member
    I loathe the stuff with a passion. I love all cheese except cottage cheese (and I do hate rice pudding as well actually!). My husband eats tons of it and I call it 'feet cheese'
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    tracefan wrote: »
    See and the thought of putting in Lasagna make me want to gag.. so funny


    Ricotta goes into Lasagna NOT cottage cheese.. lol
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    tracefan wrote: »
    In all honesty.. I loved it. I felt like I was eating rice pudding. HOOOOO RAY

    But..but...what if I hate rice pudding too??

    Good for you for learning to eat something you previously gagged on. Me, I have to leave the room when my husband eats cottage cheese. (However, I will put it into lasagna. No probs there.)

    Mmmm, love ricotta in lasagna too. Just made some this week!

  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    Talan79 wrote: »
    I like the brand Lucerne, 1%, no salt added. I eat it daily.

    This is my favorite as well.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I love it, but to me it's a savory food, and mixing it with sweet things is unappealing to me. (And I love it plain.)

    That said, happy for you that you found something that works for you!

    This might be key for me. I tried it once again as an adult a year or so ago and it had strawberry puree and I threw it right up. Texture mixed with the flavor combo was no good for me. I'm not brave enough to try again yet, but going for savory will be the route I try IF I try again.
  • saltysurf6
    saltysurf6 Posts: 3 Member
    brb_2013 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I love it, but to me it's a savory food, and mixing it with sweet things is unappealing to me. (And I love it plain.)

    That said, happy for you that you found something that works for you!

    This might be key for me. I tried it once again as an adult a year or so ago and it had strawberry puree and I threw it right up. Texture mixed with the flavor combo was no good for me. I'm not brave enough to try again yet, but going for savory will be the route I try IF I try again.

    I'm right there with you. I love cottage cheese, but I have never been able to stomach it paired with anything sweet. My favorite match for it? Pickled beets.
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    tracefan wrote: »
    See and the thought of putting in Lasagna make me want to gag.. so funny


    Ricotta goes into Lasagna NOT cottage cheese.. lol

    I like it in my Lasagna dang it! Cottage cheese is very tart and I find that it cuts down on the sweetest of tomato sauce from a jar.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    tracefan wrote: »
    See and the thought of putting in Lasagna make me want to gag.. so funny


    Ricotta goes into Lasagna NOT cottage cheese.. lol
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    tracefan wrote: »
    In all honesty.. I loved it. I felt like I was eating rice pudding. HOOOOO RAY

    But..but...what if I hate rice pudding too??

    Good for you for learning to eat something you previously gagged on. Me, I have to leave the room when my husband eats cottage cheese. (However, I will put it into lasagna. No probs there.)

    #WhyNotBoth?
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    i dont know if i have even had cottage cheese in my adult life.. i literally love any and all dairy products and cheeses. No idea why im so scared haha. maybe the texture but i always chicken out.

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